Car puller



June 2, 1925.

' E. J. ALBRITTON CAR FULLER 4 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed May 5, 1924 r l INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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E. J. ALBRITTON CAR FULLER Filed May s. 1924 2 sheets-sheet a NNNNNNNN R iatent-ed .lune Z, 1925.

tiene? .ETNA 3. ALBR'ITTON, OF JACKSON, MISSSSIPEI.

s CAR FULLER.

Application filed May 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ETNA J. A Linrr'ron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Hinds and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car Fullers, of which the following is a specification.

rl`he object of this invention is the provision of a means whereby a vehicle, stuck in mud or sand or upon an inclination, may be extricated therefrom by manually operated means in a comparatively easy and expeditious manner.

rlhe improvement is also admirably susceptible for use in moving heavy machinery or other objects and is of suchconstruction that the same maybe folded into a small compact package for storage or conveyance and quickly and easily arranged in operative position.

To the attainment of lthe foregoing the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

ln the drawings z- Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the iinpi'ovement.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the .line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure l is a sectional view on the line Jl-*4 of Figure 3.

ln Figure 1 of thel drawings l have illustrated a sufficient portion of a vehicle, such as an automobile, to illustrate the application of my improvement, the same being broadly indicated by the numeral 1. The vehicle is supposed to be stuck in a bog, on an incline or in sandy ground.

The improvement contemplates the employment of a yoke-like frame 2. rllhe sides of the frame are spaced from each other by means 23 and the said sides, from the bracing and spacing means 3 are inclined inwardly toward the straight ends si thereof. Swivelly secured in each of the ends l of the frame 2 thereJ are hooks 5 and 6 respectively. The hook G is connected to one end of a cable 7, the same being trained through a sheave block 8 that carries a hook 9 to engage the downwardly arched end of the side bars of the frame for the vehicle l, or any other convenient part ofthe vehicle at the front thereof. The cable 7 has its lower strand directed toward and beneath 1924. Serial No. 711,220.

the frame 2, being wound around and having one end secured to a shaft or drum 10 that is journaled in bearings inthe sides of the, frame.

lt should have been stated that the angle end portions of the sides are gradually decreased in width to the ends t so that the lower lead of the cable will pass freely beneath the end provided with the hook 6.

The hook 5 has connected thereto a wire or cable 11 which is wound around and tied on a post, treeor other upstanding rigidly supported member disposed a suitable distance from the vehicle. The post, in Figure 1 of the drawings, is indicated by the numeral 12.

The side members of the frame 2 are centrally provided with round openings to receive therethrough bearing boxes. The bearing boxes are, round in plan and include each a'cylindrical body or barrel 13 and a head or flange 14. rlhe barrels 13 are of a length greater than the thickness of the sides of the frame and have their outer ends threaded. Screwed on the said ends of the barrels 13 there are cap members 15. Each of the cap members has an inner flanged extension 16 which is secured to the sides of the frame 2 preferably by removable means 17. The barrels of the boxes pass through the openings from the inner sides of the frame. and the caps are provided with central openings aligning with similar openings in the boxes. rlhere is received through each bearing box the reduced end or trunnion 18 formed on the ends of the shaft or drum 10. The shaft 10 inward of one of the trunnions 18 is formed with a squared reduced portion 19 that receives thereon the squared bore of a ratchet whe-el 20.

ln the bearing boxes there are rollers 22, the boxes in the caps forming a raceway for the said rollers so that the trunnions 18 do not contact with any part of the frame, and thus the free turning of the shaft 10 is insured.

The outer extremities of the shaft 10 beyond the trunnions 1li are reduced and are square in cross section. These portions are indicated by the numeral 28, and each of the same receive thereon the square socket portion of a crank handle 24. Removable means such as cotter pins pass through the squared ends 23 of the shaft for holding the crank handles thereon.

While I have described and illustrated my improvement as an eXtricator for automobiles, it is, of course, to be understood that the same is not to be'thus restricted in its useful capacity, as the invention Will be found eliicient in moving any heavy objects. In instances Where standing posts are not in close proximity to the object to be moved, a stake may be driven into the ground and the. element 1l Wound therearound. In manufacture the device Will be comparatively small, although'oic such material that the strength thereot is insured. l/Vhen not desired for use the cable 7 iswound around the drum. Y To prevent the strands ot the cable bunching and contacting with the ratciiet Wheel 20 or one or" the bearing boxes I3 4there are passed through Vthe said shat't or drum pins 26. The sheave block may be readily received in the frame as may be the cable 1l so that a compact package is provided for shipment or for storage when the im'- provement is not required for use.

I have herein illustrated and set toi-th a simple and satisfactory embodiment oi' my improve-ment reduced to practice, but it is to be understood that I may make. .such changes in the construction as fairly tall Within the spirit of the invention without vdeparting from the scope of the claim.

Having described the invention, I claim A device for eXtric-ating stalled vehicles, comprising a yokeslike frame, means spacing the sides of the trame, said sides, from said means being reduced to the ends ot the frame, a hook swiveled in each end of the frame, and ya cable attached to each hook, one of Which is designed to be secured around a standing object, the other being trained through al sheave block larrying a hook to engage the stalled vehicle, the sides of the frame rhaving round openings therethrough, bearing boxes having 1narrels received through the openings, vcaps threaded on the outer end ot the barrels and secured to the sides ot the frame, anti-irictional rollers in the bearing boxes, shatthaving trunnions which are journaled in the bearing boxes and having squared ends projecting from the trunnions, crank handles removably secured to the ends, a ratchet Wheel on the shaft opposite one ot the bearings, a pivoted pawl on the trame to engage the ratchet Wheel, pins on the shaft adjacent to the ends thereof, and the lower lead of the last mentioned cable being' trained around and secured to the shaft.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

ETNA J. ALBRrrToN. 

